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FLUIDITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fluidity mean?
• FLUIDITY (noun)
The noun FLUIDITY has 2 senses:
1. the property of flowing easily
2. a changeable quality
Familiarity information: FLUIDITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of flowing easily
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fluidity; fluidness; liquidity; liquidness; runniness
Context example:
they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer
Hypernyms ("fluidity" is a kind of...):
thinness (a consistency of low viscosity)
Derivation:
fluid (characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A changeable quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fluidity; fluidness
Context example:
demographers try to predict social fluidity
Hypernyms ("fluidity" is a kind of...):
changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)
Context examples
The presence of a double bond in the fatty acid chain changes the shape of the side group, and alters membrane fluidity when present in phospholipids.
(Oxidation of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
AL721 has been studied for diseases and conditions where altered membrane fluidity plays a role.
(AL721, NCI Thesaurus)
AL721 removes cholesterol from outer cell membranes, increases membrane fluidity, and impairs virus attachment to cell receptors.
(AL721, NCI Thesaurus)
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